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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest gains in electronic education technology have made it possible for people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many topics that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers certify that the education provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Zimbabwe to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these important new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Professors want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this demand for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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